Dump-wagon.



No. 854,085. A PATBNTED MAY 21, 1907.

c. A. GEIGBR.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLEs A. GEICER, OE TROY, OHIO, AssICNOR To THE TROY WAGON woRKsCOMPANY, OE TROY, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF oHIo.

DUMP-WAGON.

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1907.

Application filed March 18, 1907. Serial No, 363,027.

To all whom t may con/cern."

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. GEIGER, a citizen of the vUnited States,residing at Troy, in the county of Miami and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Dump-Wagons, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in dump-wagons and moreparticularly relates to an improved construction of the bottom doors ofsuch wagons; the object of the invention being to provide an improvedreinforcement for the doors.

The invention consists in the constructions and combinations of partshereinafter described and set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a rear elevation of adump-wagon having bottom doors of the kind to which this invention isapplicable. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a part of one ofthe doors showing the improvement applied thereto. Fig. 3 is a sectionon the line fr in Fig. 2, looking toward the right. Fig. 4 is a sectionon the line 'y y of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a section on the line z e of Fig.2, looking to the left. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the bottom sideof one of the doors showing the improved reinforce applied thereto.

Like parts are represented by similar characters of reference in theseveral views.`

In the said drawings, 1 1 represent the sides of a well-known form-ofdump-wagon, having hinged thereto at 2 2 laterally-swinging bottom doors3 3. Mechanism is provided for lowering and closing the doors, but asthis mechanism is no part of the invention and is well known, it has notbeen illus trated with the exception of one of the winding drums 4, itschain 5, and some of the sheaves or pulleys 6 6 6, about which the chainextends one of these sheaves being located at each end of the door inthe man ner more fully described hereinafter.

The door is constructed of sheet metal and has at each end and on itsouter or hinged side upwardly-extending anges; the fiange on the outerside being formed by bending the edge of the metal composing the doorupwardly at right-angles, as shown at 7, and the end flanges beingformed of angle iron or steel, 8 8, riveted to the respective ends. Eachof the sheaves orpulleys, 6, located on the door, is journalcd at theend of the door through the medium of a pintle, 15,

supported by the end flange 8, and by a supn porting bracket, 9, theshank, 10, of which is riveted to the under side of the door by rivets11.

For the purpose of stiffening and strengthening the door, and also fortying the end brackets together so that the strain on the same may bedistributed through the length of the door, there is provided areinforcement bar, preferably pressed steel, indicated by 12. This barextends for substantially the full length of the ,door and is formed atits center of a U-shape, as shown in Fig. 4, this central portiongradually tapering in each direction as to its height but being of thesame width throughout. The bar is provided with laterally-projectingflanges, 13, secured by rivets, 14, to the door and terminating at theflange, 8, on the end ofthe door. The rivets 11 which secure the shankof the bracket 9 in place also pass through this bar. As shown in Fig.3, the bar is bent in against the bracket shank and one of the rivetsput in at this point to secure the bar, shank and door firmly together,the said shank having been bent up against the bottom of the door, asshown in Fig. 2. Near its eXtreme end the bar is still furthercontracted so as to embrace the shank, and the other rivet 11 at thispoint passed through the door, its end fiange, the shank and the bar. Bythis con struction the door is not only lstrengthened and s'tiffened,but the sheaves or pulleys are furnished with a strong support.

Having thus described the inventio I claim:

l. In a dump-wagon, a hinged bottom door formed from sheet metal, and `areinforcing bar for the bottom of said door, said reinforcing bar beingformed hollow and of a U-shape and having laterally-extending flangessecured to said door, substantially as specified.

2. In a dump-wagon, a hinged bottom door formed from sheet metal, and ahollow reinforcing bar for the bottom of said door,

said bar being formed of a U-shape and being tapered in height from itscenter toward its respective ends and having lateral fianges secured tosaid door, substantially as specified.

3. In a dump-wagon, a hinged bottom door, a sheave supporting bracket ateach end of said door having an' extending shank,

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a hollo'v'v vUl-shaped reinforcing bar having lateral flanges secured tosaid door7 said reinforcing bar being tapered in height from its centertoward itsrespective ends and being adapted to embrace said bracketshanks at its ends, and devices for securing the bar, shanks and doortogether, substantially as specified.

4. In a dump-Wagon, a hinged bottom door, angle-shaped pieces secured tothe respective ends of said door to provide-upwardly-extending iiangesfor said door, a holloW U-shaped reinforcing bar having lateral flangessecured to said door, said flanges terminating adjacent to saidangle-shaped pieces, a sheave supporting bracket at each end of the doorhaving an extending shank, said hollovir bar being tapered in heightfrom its center toward its respective ends and adapted to embrace saidShanks, and securing devices to secure the bar, shanks and door to-vgether, substantially as specified.

5. In a dump-Wagon, a hinged bottom door, a sheave supporting bracket ateach end of said door having an extended shank, a U-shaped reinforcingbar extending across the bottom of said door and adapted to embrace saidShanks at its respective ends, and means for securing the bar, Shanksand door together, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of MarchA. D. 1907.

CHARLES A. GEIGER.

Witnesses:

J. C. FULLERTON, Jr., NETUM RATHBUN.

